Massive battle between Eldar and Space Wolves

Considering the size of this game, I figured it was worth getting a report out of Rob and reposting. It also has the potential to be the longest batrep that will ever be posted, at least here on our blog.

3000 point

Battle Mission: Slave Raid (Kill Points)
Details - 1 KP for wiping out a unit within 18 inches of one of your units. 1 KP for every combat you win. D6 KP for each HQ.

Outcome: SW: 27 Eldar:19

Additional Notes: Used 4 HQ slots

Army Lists
Saim-Hann Eldar

HQ:
Eldrond
Avatar
Barrahoth- Swooping Hawks Phoniex Lord Autarch on Jet Bike

Elite:
10 Harlequins

Troop:
10 Dire Avengers w/ Exarch in Wave Serpeant
10 Dire Avengers w/ Exarch in Wave Serpeant
8 Guardian Jetbikes
10 Wraithguard w/ warlock
5 Pathfinders

Fast:
6 Swooping Hawks w/ Exarch
4 Shinning Spears w/ Exarch

Heavy:
Nightspinner
Wraithlord
Dark Reapers

Space Wolves

HQ:
Bjorn Fell-Handed
Njal Stormcaller
Wolf Priest
Wolf Priest on Bike
Wolf Guard Battle Leader

Elite:
6 scouts and WG

Troops:
15 Blood Claws and WG
8 Grey Hunters and WG in a Rhino (Njal attached)
8 Grey Hunters and WG in a Rhino (WGBL attached)
8 Grey Hunters and Arjac in Drop Pod
6 Grey Hunters in a LazPlaz Razorback

Fast:
5 Swiftclaws, Attack bike and WG on bike

Heavy:
6 Long Fangs: 2 HB, ML, 2 LC
6 Long Fangs: 2 HB, 3 ML
Vindicator

Full Battle Report
*written from Rob's perspective

Deployment:
The armys have to deploy at least 9 inches from our back board edge and no more than 24 inches up. Hence we start right on top of each other. Eldar had first turn and deployed bulk of her army in her center and on her right flank. Left flank left open. SW deploy with bulk of army in center. Have rhino with WGBL protecting left flank. Put unit of LFs and bikes out on my extreme right flank. Eldrond uses redeployment to move Guardian jetbikes and Shinning Spears w/ Autarch from her right flank to here left. This puts them about 8 inches in front of my huge bike unit. I fail to seize initiative.

Eldar Turn 1:
Eldar don't move much. Vehicles jockey for better shoots at my vehicles. Wraithguard stride into the center of the filed trying to bring as many guns into range of the vindicator. A Wave serpeant moves up with them. Guardians bikers and Shinning Spear line up for a charge on the Swiftclaws.

Eldars first turn shooting turns into a shooting gallery. Dark Reapers and Pathfinders open up on the LF on my extreme right flank. The shooting kills all but one ML and LC. The unit breaks and run out of there building. A wave serpeant explodes my razorback and the nightspinner kills 3 of the 6 GHs that came pouring out. Only one wraithguard ends up in range to shoot my vindicator. This turns out to be all is needed as the one shoot destroys my vindicator. The wraithlord targets my WGBL rhino on my left flank and destroys it in one clean shot. Guardians and Shinning Spears shoot and kill 2 bikers and knock a wound of the attack bike. Both units then charge the survivors and slaughter the rest of the swiftclaws leaving a lonely but pissed off Wolf Priest. He then proceeds to kill all but the Shinning Spears exarch and passes his fearless saves.
Eldar: 5 | SW: 0

Wolves Turn 1:
Things are bad, but the wolves are made of iron and ice. Arjac drops in on my center left and his squad grab cover behind the drop pod. Only 2 out of 5 vehicles survivced the Eldar turn. Njals rhino immobolizes itself on terrain (Boo), but Bjorn bursts out of my center building looking to pulverize some wraithguard, and his accompanying Blood Claws get ready to charge the Dire Avengers should there transport get destroyed. WGBL squad moves up to melta the Nightspinner. My broken Long Fangs rally and run into a building for cover.

The unit of LFs in my center open up on the wave serpeant supporting the wraitguard. They manage to wreck it and Dire Avengers come out into charge range of my Blood Claws. The HBs on the LF kill a Dark Reaper. The GHs miss the Nightspinner with both meltas. Bjorn smashes into the wraithguard and kills 3 and another drops to fearless saves. The rest of the unit piles in but Susmita leaves a suspicious gap in between a few wraithguard. The Blood Claws do not roll high enough to charge the Dire Avengers. Amazingly, no wounds are infliced on either side of the biker combat leave every one stuck.
Eldar: 5 | SW: 2

Eldar Turn 2:
The Swooping Hawks and The Phoenix Lord arrive drop a blast that is ineffectual and then Skyleap back into the air. The Nightspinner hauls ass away from the angry Grey Hunters. The wraithlord is now about 14 inches away from the warlock as his pile in moves verse Bojrn took him out of range, and for the first time ever the wraithlord failed his wraithsight. The Wave serpent with Eldrond and Dire Avengers immobilizes itself by flying into a building. Lucky it is the building that the rest of the Eldar forces have castle up in. Dark Reapers target and kill one of the two remaining Long Fangs and the lone survivor keeps his nerve. The pathfinders kill a Long Fang from the other squad, but they pass their pinning check.

The Dire Avengers squad that survived the Wave Serpent crash and failed charge by the Blood Claws make good there escape and retreat back into cover and out of line of sight. In combat the Avatar bellows a challenge at Bjorn and charges in between the gap left by the wraithguard. He sadly whiffs and only manages to stun Bjorn. Bjorn then crushes another wraithguard tying the combat. Elsewhere, loads of Str. 6 Laserlance attacks from the Autarch continue to bounce off of one very lucky Wolf Priest. The Shinning Spears exarch is able to sneak a wound through, but then is chopped in half by the Wolf priest for his troubles. The combat is a tie, but the Priest wipes out the Shinning Spears for another KP.
Eldar: 5 | SW: 3

Wolves Turn 2:
Time for the wolves to get stuck in. The Bloodclaws and Arjac's squad move up to get involved in the ever growing combat in the middle. The WGBL squad moves up ready to charge the now inert Wraithlord. Njal and his Grey Hunters now have somewhere to disembark from their immobilized rhino and move toward the center combat. The Long Fangs target the immobilized Wave Serpent and knock its ML off. A bunch of random shots from Pods, rhinos and HBs bounce off the Dark Reapers. In combat the Bloodclaws and Arjac's friends counter charge the wraithguard and wipe out the unit. The Avatar's attacks bounce off of Bjorn's 5+ invul. The Avatar is now surrounded by way too many Space Wolves. The WGBL and Grey Hunter w/ mark of the wulfen slay the Wraithlord and consolidate toward the middle melee.
Eldar: 5 | SW: 5

Eldar Turn 3:
Things start to get very bloody this turn. The Phoenix Lord and Swooping hawks arrive and land a blast and unlaod at the WGBL and accompaning Grey Hunter and end up killing an impressive 3 or 4. Elsewhere the Harlequins (who Eldrond has fortuned) glide across all types of difficult terrain to help out the now lone Avatar. The Dire Avengers on foot continue to make there way through the building where they are taking cover. In the shooting phase the Dark Reapers kill the lone Long Fang, and the pathfinders manage to kill one of the survivors from the LazPlaz Grey Hunter Squad. The Night Spinner targets Njal and crew and manages to slay a Grey Hunter. In combat the Harlequins charge in to the swirling melee and decimate all the Grey Hunters from Arjac's Squad. The Avatar rains blow after blow upon Arjac but he suffers no wounds due to his Storm Shield. In return Arjac lands 3 wounds on the Avatar. The wolves still lose the combat. Arjac makes his Stubborn morale check and a couple of Blood Claws die do to fearless saves. The Autarch finally ends my Wolf Priest by running him through with a lance. He and the jet bike guardians consolidate behind a building.
Eldar: 7+WP | SW: 5

Wolves Turn 3:
Njal and crew slowly continue to work their way through a building intent on getting in the epic center combat. The WGBL and Grey Hunters move toward the center combat looking to even things up against the Harlequins. The last two survivors from the LazPlaz squad try to make a break for the smoking hual of the vindicator hoping to get out of line of sight. Still having the Nightspinner token from Turn 1, the Grey Hunter have to make dangerous terrain tests. Two rolls later and only the Mark of Wulfen Grey Hunter remains.

The scouts arrive and have the Guardian Jetbikes in their sights. The Long Fangs with MLs target the Nightspinner, but only blow gaping hole out of the building behind it. The Heavy Bolters and drop pod target the Dark Reapers and kill 3 out of the 4. The survivor makes his moral test. The scouts unload point blank range at the jetbikes, but as the smoke clears not a bike has been knocked out of the sky. In the combat phase the WGBL and surviving hunter charge in the middle combat ready for the murder-make.

The harlequins and Avatar set their sights on Arjac, but after an absurd number of saves the Mountain Man survives unharmed. In return Bjorn kills the Avatar and half the harlequins are wiped out. The harlequins fail their moral, but are able to get far enough away where they will have a chance to rally (and charge on the Eldar turn). Arjac, the Blood Claws, and the Grey Hunters w/ WGBL spread out and grab cover when possible. Bjorn heads straight towards the immoblised wave serpent. The scouts charge in against the jetbikes. Two bikes crash and burn for no lose to the scouts. The jetbikes hold on. Njal's Lord of the Tempest causes the last Dark Reaper to break and run back toward the Eldar board edge.
Eldar: 7+WP | SW: 7 + AV

Eldar Turn 4:
Both sides have been hemorrhaging units, but there is still plenty of units to play out an epic that the sages would be proud of. The harlequins rally, consolidate 3 inches, run, and prepare to charge the WGBL and accompanying Grey Hunters. The Swooping Hawks and Barraroth move forward to support the harlequins. The Dire Avengers on foot emerge from the side of the building to Blade Storm the Grey Hunters to soften them up before the Harlequins and Swooping Hawks charge. Autarch jumps the jetbike vs. scout combat to charge the scouts from the rear. The Dark Reaper flees toward the board edge. The pathfinders target the final survivor of the LazPlaz Grey Hunters and slay the warrior before he is able to grab cover. As it turns out the nearest Eldar unit is about 20 inches away so no KP is awarded.

The Nightspinner targets the Bloodclaws and Arjac. The shot lands right on Arjac. He laughs off the hit, but a couple of Bloodclaws die and the unit is stuck in difficult and dangerous terrain. The Dire Avengers bladestorm and Swooping Hawks unload at the WGBL and GHs. the WGBL takes a wound and a Grey Hunter or two die. The Barraroth and crew slam into the unit from the front and the harlequins hit it in the flank. Barraroth slays the WGBL in single combat and the harlequins massacre the last remaining grey hunters. The swooping hawks manage to consolidate back into the building, but the harlequins roll a 1 and are stuck ass out in the open. The Autarch charges in to save the Guardians from certain death, but sadly only kills one. in return, the scouts kill two guardians and win the combat. Both Eldar pass their moral tests.
Eldar: 8+WP+WGBL | SW: 8+Avatar

Wolves Turn 4:
The center avenue where the massive melee has occurred over 4 turns is piled with the dead at least 6 bodies deep and there is no room to maneuver so the BCs and Bjorn decide to take the fight to the enemy's base. Bjorn crashes through a wall and lets his assault cannon speak. All his shot bounce harmlessly off the haul of the Wave Serpent. The Bloodclaws advance ready to charge the Swooping Hawks. Arjac heads toward the surviving harlequins. Njal and crew advance into the corpse clogged street one of there number succumbs to dangerous terrain. Surprisingly the rhino that immobilized itself on Turn 1 is able to repair itself and is ready for action.

The Long Fangs and last pack of Grey Hunters unload heavy weapons and rapid fire bolters upon the now very exposed Harlequins, and slay all five. In combat Bjorn is able to rip massive chunks out of the immobilized Wave Serpent. In the resultant explosion 3 Dire Avengers die. Eldrond and crew pass moral and pinning checks. The BCs charge Barraroth and the Hawks. The Wolf Priest challenges Barraroth to single combat. Both combatants are able to wound the opponents. The Bloodclaws manage to slay all but one of the Swooping Hawks. The Phoenix Lord and lone companion survive the fearless saves, but hit and run and escape successfully. The Autarch does slightly better this time and slays two scouts, but the scouts have the last say and kill 3 guardians and cause the survivor to break away. The Autarch holds his ground.
Eldar: 8+WP+WGBL | SW: 12+Avatar

Eldar Turn 5:
Both sides are running out of units fast. The Dire Avengers who decided to Bladestorm on the previous turn advance on the BCs with a murderous glint to their eyes. Barraroth jumps back behind Elrond and his crew. Any Eldar who can shoot lets fly with Bladestorming Shrunken, Lasfire (Hawks) and monophilment (NightSpinner) . The pathfinders fire ineffectually at the Long Fangs. The volley reduces the once numerous and proud BCs pack to the Wolf Priest, Wolf Guard, and 3 Blood Claws. The Dire Avengers assault the BloodClaws. The BCs are expecting easy pickings, but are sorely mistaken when the exarch takes the last wound from WP and the dire avengers kill 2 Bloodclaws. The BCs found thing quite disconcerting and flub their attacks, but pass their morale test. The Autarch slays 2 scouts and has a couple of thunderhammer blows deflected off his invulnerable save.
Eldar:10+WP+WP+WGBL | SW:12+Avatar

Wolves Turn 5:
Bjorn continues his advance on the Eldar. He bathes the Dire Avengers and Swooping Hawks with promethium and large caliber rounds. He manges to slay the entitre Dire Avengers Squad and the last Swooping Hawk. Njal and crew retreat out of the open in the hopes of not becoming the Wave Serpent next victims. The Long Fangs are out of targets other than the pathfinders. 15 wounds later 2 pathfinders are dead. Arjac comes to the aid of the beleagured BCs. He and the Wolf Guard reap a heavy toll upon the Dire Avengers breaking their nerve. Arjac rolls a one for consolidation and is in a similar situation as the ill-fated harlequins. The last survivor of the BC jumps to the other side of the building and out of sight from all the Eldar... or so he thought. The Autarch finally is able to strike down the last 3 scouts.
Eldar: 11+WP+WP+WGBL | SW: 15+Avatar

Eldar Turn 6:
Eldrond moves to the opposite direction from Bjorn's advance. Barraroth jumps the building and lands next to the WG who once lead the BCs. Autarch wants to close in on Bjorn, but has to spend time in the open in front of Long Fangs to get there. He decides better of it and hides out behind a building. Eldrond targets Arjac with Mind War. Njal fails to dispell. Arjac rolls a 1+9LD= 10. Eldrond rolls 5+10LD=15. Arjac must take 5 invulnerable save. 5 rolls. 2 fails. The Mountain Man's mind is torn asunder. Barraroth charges the Wolf Guard and decapitaes him. He jumps back inside a building. His choices are face Bjorn or face the Long Fangs. He chooses Bjorn.
Eldar: 13+WP+WP+WGBL | SW: 15+Avatar

Wolves Turn 6:
All the wolves hunker down in cover except Bjorn. The Long Fangs target the pathfinders again and slay 2 more. The lone survivor passes his check. He strides, with purpose, toward Barraroth. Bjorn unleashes his assualt cannon on the immortal lord. 4 shots. 3 hits. 2 rendering and slays the Phoenix lord.
Eldar: 13+WP+WP+WGBL | SW: 15+Avatar+Barraroth

Conclusion
Now for the D6 rolls for the HQ. I roll first and I am delighted to see box cars!!!! Susmita rolls and is deflated by her 1,2,3. A Close game.

Final KP - SW: 27 | Eldar:19

*Note: when we played it was a tie in KP until we rolled. I am very positive that this is how the game unfolded, but might have missed something.

Space Wolves vs. Eldar

2500 points

Battle Mission: Fighting Withdraw

Rob's summary:
Mission had three objectives. Board was divided
in half from long board corner to opposite board corner (think two big
triangles) One objective in the center of the board. Second objective was
in Susmitas board corner and the third was in between the first and second
one. All objectives were in a line. Susmita rolled to represent the Tau so
all here Eldar got Hit and Run special rule. She deployed first and I had
first turn and everything was to move on from my edge.

Turn 1
SW: Moved everything on form board edge. BC and Dread moved up on my
extreme left flank along left board edge. 10 man GH on foot moved in
between the BC and rhinos. My rhions, vindicator, and TWC moved full speed
as the center of my line (the center of my line was still far left on the
board, my right flank was positioned about center table). LFs move onto a
hill in the center of my table. Scouts outflank.

Eldar: Susmita move half her army slightly forward DA in the WS turbo bust
to her left flank behind harlequins. DR kill half of LF unit 1. Falcon
destroys demolisher cannon off the vindicator.

Turn 2
SW: BC and Dread move up left flank. BC flame pathfinders but they live.
Foot GH move up. RP rhino and vindicator move up the center. GH rhino
breaks right. GH disembark and unload on harlequins killing 5 and breaking
them. Dread kills one wraithguard (WG). Rest of my shooting kills off
pathfinders. No scouts.

Eldar: Harlequins regroup. Consolidate 3 inches. Fleet and end up in charge
of the GH. They charge in and kill 5 GH but the GH wiped them out. DR kill
rest of LF unit 1. WG move up and destroy the RP rhino. Other units shoot
at the GH/RP and kill 4. Falcon blocks way of my vehicles and FD disembark
and explode the vindicator. Scorpions arrive on flank with BC and they
charge in. Scorpions kill 7 but are wiped out for there troubles. One GH
from the unit on foot gets killed. Susmita screens WG with Shining Spears
to protect them. Things look good for SW.

Turn 3
SW: BC roll snake eye for Difficult leaving them well behind rest of my
battle line. I run but get a 2. Dread kills 3 Shining Spears. GH on foot
wipeout rest of the Shining Spears. LFs destroy Dire Avengers WS. RP/GH
charge Falcon but do nothing. TWC finally charges. They kill only 3 FD. 5
man GH move up to secure objective harlequins were protecting. NO SCOUTS. I
needed them bad but things look good for SW again.

Eldar: DA bladestorm 5 man GH and kill all with my bad armour saves. Avatar
charge GH/RP and kills the 5 remaining GHs. RP wounds Avatar but fails
force weapon roll for the instant death. WG move up and kill 9 out of 9 GHs
and charge the WG and beat him to death in combat. I lost 3 out of 3 GH
squads. DR, guardians and wraithlord unload on TWC but I take the wounds
well.

Turn 4
SW. Thunderlord detaches and charges guardians and he kills all but 2. TWC
goes back around to charge WG. BC finally get to where the actions is and
charges WG. Dread charges WG as well. WG kill all but WP, WG and 1 BC form
the huge BC squad. All the WG are wiped out. The warlock lives makes test
and then is able to HIt and Run leaving me ass out. Scouts arrive way too
late and they arrive on the board where no one is at. Closest enemy unit is
about 3 feet away.

Eldar: Falcon tries to kill rhino that is contesting objective but fails.
Avatar charges dread and does everthing but destroy it. Surviving warlocks
legs it back to second objective. Wraithlord shoots at TWC. I was not
paying attention. I had one more wound to give on a TWC. i did not realise
this and took it on a guy who had a wound already. I fail my save and fail
my leadership check. TWC fall back 15 inches (cavarly do 3D6). Thunderlord
kills remaining guardians.

Turn 5
SW: Thunderlord charges warlock and kills him. LF kill 3 DA. BCs charge
wraithlord and get wiped out. Avatar cant kill dread again. TWC is about a
quater inch in range next to the Falcon so flee. I roll a massive 16 inches
and they run off the board.

Eldar: DR shoot at Thunderlord and do no damage. Only 3 DA in range to
shoot LF but still kill half the unit. Avatar still cant kill dread. Falcon
cant destroy rhino. I roll a 3 and the game goes on.

Turn 6
LFs and scouts shoot and kill 4 DA. They fail their LD check. No more
troops left on the board so we call the game a tie.

Daemons vs Eldar Test Game - 1500 pts

End Result: Test game called in End of Turn 4. Eldar wins 2-1 and get their temporary Revenge against the daemons of Chaos. Game time about 3 1/2 hours.

Eldar army list

HQ - Elrond (surprise, surprise!)
Elite - 10 Striking Scorpions w/Exarch, powerfist, shadowstrike, etc
Troops - 10 guardians w/ warlock and bright lance
2 x 10 Dire Avengers (one with bladestorm in wave serpent, other with shimmershield and defend)
5 pathfinders
Fast - 6 swooping hawks w/talon thing
Heavy - wraithlord w/star cannon and wraithsword
5 dark reapers


Daemons army list
HQ - Gayness
Elite - Gays
Troops - "Gaze" x3
(Nice try jerk, better get used to my armies being listed by Force 1 and 2)

Force One
(Chosen to Make a Daemonic Assault. I prayed to the chaos Gods by rolling one D6. On a roll of 3-6 the Gods agree and this Force comes in first. On a roll of 1-2 the Gods fuck me over and Force 2 comes in. Of course, I roll a 2)

Keeper of Secrets with Unholy Might, Pavane of Slaanesh
Herald of Slaanesh with Pavane Of Slaanesh, Icon of Chaos
6 Nurglings
Daemon Prince with Mark of SLaanesh, Unholy Might, Daemonic Gaze
Daemon Prince with Mark of SLaanesh, Unholy Might, Daemonic Gaze

Force Two
(Aka Force I Needed To Come In Second Not FIrst)
20 Daemonettes
10 Daemonettes
4 Flamers of Tzetnch
2 Fiends of Slaanesh
Herald of Slaanesh with Pavane of Slaanesh, Icon of CHaos attatched to a unit of 8 Daemonettes

ELdar and Daemons will fight again. For there are so many of us... and so few of you! SLUTS ATTACK! Fleet,Rend , Happyface!

FLANK ATTACK! Eldar vs. Space Wolves 2250pts

Note: The pictures start from bottom up. blogger sucks.

Brief Army List and Summary

Eldar
HQ: Eldron and Avatar
Troops: 2 x10 Guardians w/star cannon
2 x10 Dire Avengers (both bladestorm) in serpents
5 Pathfinders
Elite: 5 fire dragons [in Falcon] w/pulse laser and shruken cannon
10 Striking Scorpions w/Exarch and power fist
10 Harlequins w/Shawdowseer
Heavy: 5 Dark Reapers
Wraithlord
Falcon

Space Wolves
HQ: Rune Priest, Wolf Priest
Elite: Arjac Rockfist with 8 grey hunters in drop pod
6 scouts w/wolf guard
in-venerable dreadnaught
5 more wolf guards
Troops: 15 blood claws (w/wolf guard)
4 squads of grey hunters (1 w/wolf guard terminator, 1 w/arjac...etc, the numbers varied from 8-10 men)
Heavy: 2 x6 longfangs
vindicator

3 objectives. 2 on Space Wolves side, one on Eldar.

Space Wolves choose sides. Eldar went first, per the mission. Eldar only deployed Eldrond, reapers, pathfinders infiltrated, and a squad of guardians. Everything else was held for reserves. Rob deployed everything. 2 Rhinos in the middle as well as the vindicator. Bloodclaws and grey hunters in the building. 1 squad LF in building, the other in a bush in cover.

Space Wolves shot pretty much everything at Elrond and the reapers the first 3 turns. Taking out all but one and Elrond lived!
Harlequins and Avatar came in turn 4, and f'd with Space Wolves left flank, which ended up contesting that objective.
Space Wolves took out 1 unit of guardians, 1 unit of DA, unit of scorpions via close combat, unit of harlequins via CC and 2 vehicles.
Eldar took out a unit of long fangs, 2 rhinos, 2 units of GH, and a shit load of blood claws, and scouts.

End Result: DRAW. 1 objective each, with both contesting the other.

Fun, friendly game....though I questioned the whole shooting out of cover - one time i got cover and the next i didn't. SO confused!

Eldar MVP: Elrond
Space Wolves MVP: Invenerable dreadnaught




Harlequins charged grey hunters after wiping out scots. wiped the GH out and consolidated closer to the bloodclaws to keep them from contesting the objective.











Scouts came on trying to take care of the scorpions.














Trying to think where the guardians should come in. Ended up on the R flank of Space Wolves deployment zone to support the pathfinders.

Drop pod! Oh NO!




















Aerial view during turn 1. Did I mention turn by turn 3 Eldar took out 2 rhinos?



















Space Wolves deployment.

Dawn of War II - Oldie but Goodie

I love this trailer....

Battle of Starfling Dessert | Eldar vs. Space Wolves

Susmita vs Gay Rob

2.16.10 | 2000 point

Scenery Arranger(s) - Rob (first time, ever)
Additional Game Witnesses? Bunny and Kitty
Mission Type Rolled For - Objectives
Number of Objectives/CapturePoints – 3
Objective Markers Placed By - 2 by Susmita 1 by Gay Rob
Deployment Type Rolled For - Pitched Battle
First Turn Won By - Gay Rob
Initiative Seized? – No

Player 1 - Space Wolves
Player 2 - Eldar

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Player 1 Army List
Total Number of Units/KillPoints taken - 14
*EXACT* Number of Points Taken - 2000
-Number of HQ taken: 3
-Number of Troops taken: 4
-Number of Elites taken: 3
-Number of Fast Attack taken: 0
-Number of Heavy Support taken: 3

Wold guard battle leader - frost blade and runic armor, wolf tail tailsman

Rune priest
Wold priest
6 scouts w/wolf guard
invenerable dreadnought
15 blood claws w/wolf guard
10 grey hunters with wolf guard terminator
2x8 grey hunters w/ wolf guard in rhinos
2x6 long fangs
vindicator

Player 2 Army List

Total Number of Units/KillPoints taken - 14
*EXACT* Number of Points Taken - 2000
-Number of HQ taken: 2
-Number of Troops taken: 4
-Number of Elites taken: 2
-Number of Fast Attack taken: 1
-Number of Heavy Support taken: 3

Autarch
Eldrond farseer
5 pathfinders
2x10 dire avengers - both in wave serpents
- 1 w/bladestorm
- 1 w/
6 fire dragons in falcon
10 guardians w/warlock and heavy weapons platform
10 striking scorpions (outflanking)
5 dark reapers
wraithlord

The Starfling

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TURN ONE

Player One MOVEMENT Phase – Vindicator up; wolf guard battle leader to right; rune priest rhino to the left; dreadnought and grey hunters comes out of the building;

The Wolves advance

Player One SHOOTING Phase - LF shot at wave serpent behind the cathedral, blowing up bright lance and shruken catapult; rest of the shooting was dedicated to the guardians and only 2 died.

Player One ASSAULT Phase – n/a

Player Two MOVEMENT Phase – turbo boosted wave serpent to right flank; moved falcon up 4 inches.

Player Two SHOOTING Phase - guided DR and falcon, and fortuned DR. falcon shot pulse laser at vindicator which resulted in a may not shoot. repears killed 4 long fangs. pathfinders did nothing. LF'S broke and fled.

Player Two ASSAULT Phase – n/a

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TURN TWO
Player One MOVEMENT Phase – LF's rallied and moved forward 6. rune priest and rhino continued to move gay rob's left flank; vindicator moved up; wolf guard rhino moved up to the center objective; dreadnought moved forward; scouts appeared behind enemy lines.

Player One SHOOTING Phase - all shooting managed to killed 2 more guardians and melta gunned the falcon resulting in a may not shoot.

The Falcon's crew sits unable to shoot following a melta onslaught

Player One ASSAULT Phase – scouts charged pathfinders and falcon from behind; thunderhammer destroyed falcon and killed 3 pathfinders; pathfinders broke and fled.

Player Two MOVEMENT Phase – turbo boosted serpent back in the center; fire dragons moved back to shoot at scouts; dire avengers disembarked.

Player Two SHOOTING Phase -magic was shot down. fire dragons killed 3 scouts; dire avengers skilled 3; vyper killed 1. repears shot at LFs killing only one more. Last survivor passed check.

Player Two ASSAULT Phase – n/a

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TURN THREE
Player One MOVEMENT Phase –moved wolfguard battle leader up and disembarked squad; moved rune priest rhino up a couple inches; moved vindicator up; moved the dreadnought up; shuffled blood claws up

Player One SHOOTING Phase - ran with blood claws; everything else shot at guardians and reduced them to only 2 models; ordinance shot at DR and wiped out all but one. lost a plasma guy (lol)

Player One ASSAULT Phase – n/a

Player Two MOVEMENT Phase – reembarked dire avengers; moved fire dragons up behind the wave serpent; moved vpyer to the right of the board edge; disembarked autarch and moved forward; moved wraithlord forward. guardians were covered from going to ground. scorpions showed up and came on my left side (worst possible side...accomplished NOTHING). other wave serpent moves towards the center objective,

Player Two SHOOTING Phase - fortune and guide fire dragons. everything shot at rhino, only to immobilize and destroy its weapon. wraithlord destroys the other rhino's storm bolter.

Player Two ASSAULT Phase – autarch assaults wolf guard battle leader and grey hunters; wraithlord goes to help autarch but rolls 3 1's for difficult terrain (of course!). autarch used ordinance attack killing 7 grey hunters and a wolf guard. GH lose by 8 by makes all armor saves; so locked in combat.

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TURN FOUR
Player One MOVEMENT Phase – rune priest and GH disembark from rhino and form firing line; blood claws move forward, center 10 GH move forward; dreadnought moves forward.

Player One SHOOTING Phase - right flank: rune priest does a perils of the warp but fails to wound him; GH's unload on fire dragons killing NO ONE (eldar made all saves 4+ ).

Ynnead be praised the god's were on our side

Vindicator shot at wave serpent and blew it up with a 6 - explosion kills one dire avenger and killing no FD despite hitting all of them. center: wraithlord took a wound from the LF. LF's also wiped out the last 2 guardians.

Player One ASSAULT Phase – autarch killed battle leader, mark of the wolven does two wounds. combat ends in draw.

Player Two MOVEMENT Phase – Moved up wraithlord closer to the rhino; fire dragons and dire avengers and vyper all move up to form firing line; eldrond dropped down one level to get his 6"; scorpions climbed to high ground.

Player Two SHOOTING Phase - guided fire dragons; DR does nothing; fire dragons kill 4 GH's; dire avengers kill 4 more. vyper gets none; scorpions kill 2 BC.

Player Two ASSAULT Phase – wraithlord charges rhino in the center near the objective; autarch kills wolven and consolidates towards center objective.

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TURN FIVE
Player One MOVEMENT Phase – rune priest and last remaining GH move towards FD. vindicator moves back towards L objective; 10 man GH moves up to contest center objective; drednought moves towards center objective; BC arrange firing line for scorpions.

Player One SHOOTING Phase - ordinance kills one dire avenger in the L flank; perils of the warp wounds rune priest; GH shot kills a FD; LF's causes 2nd wound to wraithlord; final wound from dreadnought killing wraithlord with a lucky 6; BC shoots and kills 4 scorpions.

Player One ASSAULT Phase – rune priest and GH charge FD, killing only one but win by 1. FDs hold.

Player Two MOVEMENT Phase – dire avenger gets closer to rune priest and GH; vyper flies over to contest R objective; autarch moves close to rhino in the center; center dire avengers disembark.

Player Two SHOOTING Phase - doom rune priest and GH squad. guided the DR. one GH died from the dire avengers in the center....

Player Two ASSAULT Phase –autarch charges rhino, blowing it up. explosion only kills 2 GH's in the center and kills 1 dire avenger. GH's pass their panic contesting the center objective. right flank: dire avenger charges the rune priest and GH squad. rune priest wiped out FDs and dire avengers broke from combat and managed to escape.

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Did game continue to TURN 6? – NO

GAME RESULT
Winner - GAY ROB (1 objective)
How did the Dice Gods treat each player – For Eldar 65%, Gay Rob 75%
High Points of Game - Eldar making phenomenal 4+ armor saves. Gay Rob's ordinance blast killing 4/5 DR's. Guardians being resilient for the first 4 turns. Star cannons VERY ineffectual. AUTARCH DESSIMATING 8 MAN GH SQUAD IN ONE TURN FOLLOWED BY A RHINO :)

Player One Commentary
“Solid performance out of the space wolves. very balance all comers army list. Eldar army was very fluid and mobile with good shooting. The lucky ordinance shot wiping out the dark reapers and the rune priest shutting her magic phase won me the game".

If anything at all, what would you change about your units or your overall strategy? - "The all father protects"

Player Two Commentary

"Who wants to mess with the extreme emotions of the Eldar?"

If anything at all, what would you change about your units or your overall strategy? - “I tried out something new: 2 dire avengers in wave serpents...i doubt i'll take that again...i miss my hard hitting units (shining spears or harlequins), Bright lances were popped first turn...and star cannons did shieet, oh well!”

Additional Comments or Thoughts -

The ONE time rob calls on "the power of mikEL" his ordinance hits and takes out ALL my DR's.